Busyness = Importance

By today’s standards, if you are very, very busy then you are also important. Many people brag about how busy they are and how much of a load they carry. Most today are proud to say, “I’m off the chart busy,” as they beam in the glory of importance.

I’m not putting these people down. Heck, almost everybody is included and I can be one as well. What is busy, anyway? What if we had a busyness scale on which to compare ourselves with other extreme busyheads. Let’s see, there could be Obama busy on right and retired busy on the left. Where would you fit in this scale?

If you were around people that were high on the Obama end of the scale, would you dare brag, or complain, about being so busy? What would they say to you? Or maybe how long would they laugh or put up with you? It’s a fair question, because I think it shows that “busy management” is a skill set rather than something out of our control.

Aren’t the figureheads with worldly responsibility better busy managers than you and I? Isn’t our ability to grow and manage our busy lives what determines if busyness stops us or propels us forward? So is busyness your enemy or your friend?

Controlling our demanding schedules includes skills and mindset. Manage your busyness with joy and a positive outlook. If you learn to deal with this load, there is a bigger load of busyness just waiting for those able to carry the responsibility.

Busyness = Importance? Not really. But managing busyness = greater responsibility and that will land you in very important positions